CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
RELIGIOUS STUDIES/BIBLE KNOWLEDGE
2041/1
PAPER 1 The Life and Teaching of Christ as contained in the Gospel of
PAPER 1 St. Luke
MAY/JUNE SESSION 2002
1 hour 30 minutes
Additional materials:
Answer paper
TIME
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper/
answer booklet.
Answer four questions.
Answer Question 1 and three other questions.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
You are advised to spend no longer than 30 minutes on Question 1.
Revised Standard Version of Question 1 is printed on page 2.
New English Bible Version of Question 1 is printed on page 3.
Questions 2-8 are printed on pages 4 and 5.
This question paper consists of 6 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
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REVISED STANDARD VERSION
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Choose four of the passages (a) to (f) and answer the questions which follow.
(a) And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no husband?”
(i)
What answer did the angel give to Mary?
(ii)
What was her reply?
(iii)
Explain why the angel’s message was important.
(Luke 1:34)
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(b) Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases
brought them to him.
(Luke 4:40)
(i)
What happened then?
(ii)
Why was the time of sunset significant?
(c) Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, …
(i)
Complete this saying of Jesus.
(ii)
What fault was he condemning in this saying?
(d) For which of you, desiring to build a tower, …?
(i)
Complete this saying of Jesus.
(ii)
What does this passage teach about discipleship?
[7]
(Luke 11:39)
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(Luke 14:28)
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(e) “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
(Luke 20:2)
(f)
(i)
Give the conversation between Jesus and the Jewish leaders which followed this
question.
(ii)
What actions of Jesus were the Jewish leaders referring to?
[7]
He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will
meet you.”
(Luke 22:10)
(i)
What instructions did Jesus then give to Peter and John?
(ii)
What was the significance of ‘a man carrying a jar of water’?
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NEW ENGLISH BIBLE
1
Choose four of the passages (a) to (f) and answer the questions which follow.
(a) ‘How can this be?’ said Mary; ‘I am still a virgin.’
(i)
What answer did the angel give to Mary?
(ii)
What was her reply?
(iii)
Explain why the angel’s message was important.
(Luke 1:34)
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(b) At sunset all who had friends suffering from one disease or another brought them to him; …
(Luke 4:40)
(i)
What happened then?
(ii)
Why was the time of sunset significant?
(c) You Pharisees! You clean the outside of cup and plate; …
(i)
Complete this saying of Jesus.
(ii)
What fault was he condemning in this saying?
(d) Would any of you think of building a tower …?
(i)
Complete this saying of Jesus.
(ii)
What does this passage teach about discipleship?
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(Luke 11:39)
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(Luke 14:28)
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(e) ‘Tell us’, they said, ‘by what authority you are acting like this; who gave you this authority?’
(Luke 20:2)
(f)
(i)
Give the conversation between Jesus and the Jewish leaders which followed this
question.
(ii)
What actions of Jesus were the Jewish leaders referring to?
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He replied, ‘As soon as you set foot in the city a man will meet you carrying a jar of water.’
(Luke 22:10)
(i)
What instructions did Jesus then give to Peter and John?
(ii)
What was the significance of ‘a man … carrying a jar of water’?
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Answer three of Questions 2–8.
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(a) Give an account of the occasion when
(i)
and (ii)
Jesus refused to use his power to turn stones into bread;
Jesus gave bread to feed five thousand people.
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(b) Explain why on one occasion Jesus refused to use his power to make bread, but on the other
did so.
[6]
(c) Does the feeding of the five thousand have any relevance today? Give reasons to support
your answer.
[2]
3
(a) What did Jesus teach his disciples about
(i)
and (ii)
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judging others, including the saying about the speck of sawdust and the log (NEB plank);
[9]
judging trees by their fruit?
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(b) Do you think this teaching applies today? Give reasons to support your opinion.
[8]
(a) Narrate the parable of the sower.
[7]
(b) What answer did Jesus give to his disciples when they asked him the meaning of this
parable?
[9]
(c) Explain why Jesus used parables in his teaching.
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(a) Give an account of Jesus healing
(i)
and (ii)
the daughter of Jairus (do not include the healing which took place on the way to the
house of Jairus);
[8]
a blind man near Jericho.
[8]
(b) What do these two incidents teach us about Jesus?
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(a) Relate the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector (NEB tax-gatherer).
(b) Explain why tax collectors were despised at the time of Jesus.
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(c) What message was Jesus teaching in this parable? Do you think this teaching is relevant
today? Give reasons to support your opinion.
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(a) Describe the trial of Jesus before Herod.
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(b) Explain why Herod was involved in the trial of Jesus.
[4]
(c) What do we learn about Jesus from this incident?
[4]
(d) Describe what happened when Herod returned Jesus to Pilate, ending when Jesus was
handed over to be crucified.
[8]
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(a) Give an account of the part played by women in
(i)
and (ii)
the burial of Jesus;
[4]
Luke’s account of the resurrection of Jesus.
(b) Why do you think Luke makes so many references to women?
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(c) Do you think that this emphasis on women is important today? Give reasons to support your
opinion.
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Copyright Acknowledgements:
Scripture quotations from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations from the New English Bible, © Oxford University Press 1961, 1970.
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